Actual breastfeeding practices of mothers have been associated
with their breastfeeding intentions before birth [48][49].
The Association of Prenatal Media Marketing Exposure Recall
with Breastfeeding Intentions, Initiation, and Duration
Not exact matches
During labor, you can communicate your
intentions to exclusively
breastfeed and have your baby's crib marked
with «no pacifiers,» «no formula,» and «no bottles»
«Despite the best of
intentions, women are bombarded
with messages that lead them to believe if they stray from
breastfeeding they are potentially harming their newborn child....
If you have no idea what those are, you're in luck, because Dianne Cassidy will tells us all about them, along
with why there seems to be a tongue tie resurgence, how it can affect your best
breastfeeding intentions, and what you can do about it.
Alex is now 9 months old and I am so happy and proud to say we are still
breastfeeding with no
intentions to stop any time soon.
I am so glad your
breastfeeding journey is going well and you reached the six months mark
with no
intention of stopping yet.
All too often we're faced
with well
intentioned advice, and comments, that undermine
breastfeeding.
She said: «My
intention in making a comment about the importance of
breastfeeding has nothing to do
with the law.»
But in a subsequent entry on her blog, she said: «My
intention in making a comment about the importance of
breastfeeding has nothing to do
with the law.
Predelivery
breastfeeding intentions of women and their relationship
with subsequent
breastfeeding behaviors were examined also.
Smokers
with a strong
intention to
breastfeed were more likely to continue
breastfeeding that non-smokers
with a low
intention to
breastfeed, i.e. the social factors were more important than the possible negative physiological effects of nicotine on breast milk supply [78].
Although in this study information on
breastfeeding practice was reliant upon maternal recall at 9 months,
breastfeeding figures are in agreement
with data collected prospectively in the UK Infant Feeding Survey conducted in 2000.32 Likewise, the validity of maternal recall of the circumstances of pregnancy and delivery has been shown to be accurate.33 We were unable to adjust for maternal
intention to
breastfeed at antenatal booking, a factor shown to be important in previous studies34 as this information was not collected in the survey.
The babies were randomly assigned either to receive early limited formula (ELF), which consisted of one - third of an ounce of infant formula by syringe following each
breastfeeding, or to continue
with their
intention to
breastfeed exclusively.
Many moms try
breastfeeding with the best of
intentions, but do not have the necessary support to get them through problems that arise, or even had bad advice to begin
with.
Through my book Healing
Breastfeeding Grief, it is my
intention to help mothers heal their emotional wounds and reconnect
with the love that is always flowing between a mother and her baby — if we just turn our focus toward it, become fully present, and allow ourselves to perceive, believe and experience it.
So many mothers I see have wound up
with breastfeeding problems such as low supply or their baby refusing to
breastfeed and preferring the bottle purely because of a few well
intentioned comment.
Though the push for «better» birth experiences is well -
intentioned, it means that midwife - assisted birth can end up being seen as something worth striving for no matter what, or something that is inherently superior to hospital births
with an OB (in the same way that
breastfeeding and vaginal births are sometimes seen as superior to bottle - feeding and C - sections).
Our
intention was to promote the importance of
breastfeeding and good nutrition throughout pregnancy and in early life, and ways of supporting parents
with their feeding choices.
I just couldn't see myself being my baby's feeding station longer than that, but now at fourteen months; we are still
breastfeeding with no
intentions to wean anytime soon.
There are exceptions, and
with the best
intentions, some mothers may not always receive the help they need when they need it and feel they are not able to
breastfeed.
Even highly motivated mothers may question their good
intentions to
breastfeed when faced
with obstacles like pain, worries about milk production, and difficulty pumping.
Support of baby's father for exclusive
breastfeeding, maternal education, not smoking and having no
intention to return to work, were associated
with higher odds of a baby being exclusively
breastfed for longer durations.
When I was pregnant
with our first baby and I announced my
intention to
breastfeed, my husband had no opinion of his own about it, but supported me.
Successful
breastfeeding often starts
with prenatally established
intention.
Yet, few mothers
with the
intention to exclusively
breastfeed achieve their intended
breastfeeding duration goal.
The provision of non — breast milk fluids to healthy
breastfed infants has been associated
with suboptimal
breastfeeding behaviors, shorter
breastfeeding duration, and mothers being less likely to meet their own
breastfeeding intentions (14,15).
Noehren said she had every
intention of
breastfeeding but after her daughter's birth, which was traumatic, she needed to stop
breastfeeding to take medication to cope
with the trauma.
This is why so many women who start out
breastfeeding with the best possible
intentions are not able to continue
with exclusive
breastfeeding for the recommended period of 6 months.